Mumbai 13/7 blasts case cracked, 3 arrested

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police on Monday arrested three people in connection with last year's July 13 serial blasts in which 27 people were killed and over 100 injured, sources said.

Claiming to have cracked the serial blasts that rocked Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar in south and central Mumbai, sources said the arrests have been made by Mumbai Police from Bihar, according to IANS.

Two people, Naqi Ahmed and Nadeem Akhtar have been arrested for their involvement in the blasts, Times Now reported. Indian Mujahideen's Yasin Bhatkal IM was behind the blasts, according to ATS. ATS chief Rakesh Maria was likely to reveal more details in the case later Monday.

The investigation is being conducted by teams of the Mumbai Police, Maharashtra's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and others, with support from the local security agencies in several states.

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Three bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai

Date:- 13-July-2011
Deaths : 21 | Injured : 113

Three bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai on Wednesday evening between 6.30PM and 7 PM  in the crowded


Zaveri Bazar
The blasts took place within minutes of each other with the first being reported at 6:50 PM in south Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar, near the famous Mumbadevi temple(nearby 50 meters)

Opera House 
Explosion occured in the Khau Gali bordering the diamond hub at 6:55 PM.

Dadar West(at Kabutar Khana)
The second explosion was reported in a taxi in Dadar at 7:03 PM.
The blast occured at a bus-stop near Antonio D'Silva School, 100 meters
from Multi-faith island temple. 

Wednesday blasts took place just two days after the fifth anniversary of the Mumbai serial train blasts on July 11, 2006 in which at least 186 persons were killed.